Birds of Celebes: Loriidae. 
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Measurements. 
Wing 
Tail 
Tarsus 
Bill 
from cere 
a. (Nr. 1898) ad. Ct. Sangi 
175 
135 
20 
23 
b. (Nr. 3329) ad. Sangi Is 
161 
124 
19 
20 
c. (Nr. 3328) ad. Sangi Is 
178 
136 
20 
24 
d. (Nr. 3327) ad. Saiigi Is 
154 
134 
18 
20 
e. (Nr. 3833) ad. Siao Is 
161 
120 
19 
21 
f. (C 12588) juv. Siao Is 
152 
105 
19 
20 
Four additional adult si^ecimens from Siao (June — July 1893) have wing 164 to 
165 mm, tail ca. 135; five other adults from Great Sangi (July) have wing 159—172. 
Distribution. Great Sangi (Forsten 7, Wallace h 2, Meyer y 3, Fischer A- i, Platen 
j 4\ Siao (Hoedt, v. Duideiibode 5' 2, Meyer y 5, 2). 
2. Eos Mstrio talautensis (M. & Wg.). 
n. Domicella eoccinea (Ij Finsch, Papag. 1868, II, 800 (ex Talaut). 
0 . Eos indica (1) Hickson, Nat. in N. Celebes 1889, 155. 
p. Eos histrio (1) Salvad., Cat. B. XX, 1891, 21 (Saha). 
q. Eos histrio talautensis (1) M. & Wg., J. f. 0. 1894, 240; (2) iid., Ahh. Mus. Dresd. 1895, 
Nr. 9, p. 3. 
r. Eos histrio variety talautensis (1) Mivart, Loriidae 1896, 24A. 
“Sampiri”, Talaut, Nat. Coll. 
Diagnosis. As shown elsewhere (ql), the Talaut bird differs from the typical form of Sangi 
as follows: 
Talaut 
More red on the wings. 
Secondaries red, with a black terminal 
edging 2 — 5 mm wide, narrowest in old 
individuals. 
Wing-coverts in the adult almost uni- 
form red, a black tip only on isolated 
feathers of the greater or middle series. 
The 1. prunary narrowly edged on 
its basal half, the 3. primary broadly, 
with red. 
Sangi 
More black on the wings. 
Secondaries red with a black terminal 
edging, 7 — 12 mm wide, narrowest in old 
individuals. 
The greater wing-coverts tipped with 
black, forming a hand across the wing; 
a second hand is generally formed by 
black tips to the midde coverts. 
The first 3 primaries externally black 
or the 1. only very narrowly edged with 
red, the 4. as broadly edged with it as 
the 3. in the Talaut birds. 
Measurements (9 adults from Kabruang, Nov. 2"'’— 5*’*, 2 adults from Salibabu, Oct. 29‘'‘, 
and 6 adults from Karkellang, autumn 1896). Wing 163 — 171; tail 117 — 136; 
cuhnen from cere 19.5 — 21 nun. One immature: wing 157, tail 110. 
Nearly all of these specimens are moulting, hut the majority still retain their 
old primary quills. The moult jirohahly lasts from September to December. 
Distribution. Talaut Is. — Kabruang, Sahhahu and Karkellang (Nat. Coll, in Dresd. and 
Tring Museums). 
Observation. The first mention of an Eos in the Talaut Islands was made by von Bosen- 
herg in a communication to Dr. Finsch; again Dr. Platen (Cefied. Welt 1887, 
263) speaks of its existence in Talaut, remarking that this is the habitat of the birds 
seen in captivity in Sangi and Manado. Dr. Hickson saw the bird in plenty in 
